https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/reimagining-peace monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1deddb37-3ea5-45c8-917f-eae06aff0083/Zac.jpeg Meetings - Reimagining Peace: From Peacebuilding to the Common Good, with Bishop Zac Niringiye - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1774536284231-B5O1KSWK81P3T2HUS629/WhatsApp+Image+2026-03-26+at+15.35.21.jpeg Meetings - Reimagining Peace: From Peacebuilding to the Common Good, with Bishop Zac Niringiye - Bishop Zac Niringiye Bishop Zac Niringiye is a Ugandan theologian, retired Anglican Bishop, and a widely respected voice in global conversations on faith, justice, and the church’s public witness. His work spans pastoral ministry, theological education, social justice activism, and organizational leadership, shaped by decades of engagement across Africa, Europe, and North America. Rooted in his lived experience in East Africa—and formed through both African and Western theological contexts—Zac brings a perspective that is both deeply grounded and prophetically unsettling. He is known for asking difficult questions about the relationship between Christianity and power, particularly how dominant expressions of the faith have often been entangled with the logics of empire: control, hierarchy, and the subjugation of the “other.” Rather than offering easy critiques from a distance, Zac invites the church into honest soul-searching. He challenges assumptions about “ministry,” “mission,” and even “peacebuilding,” urging a shift away from frameworks that center control or institutional success, and toward a more faithful embodiment of the gospel. At the heart of his vision is a call to recover a faith that is rooted in justice, love, and the way of the cross, not as an abstract vision, but one that takes seriously the call to be present with those who suffer and to question systems of harm. Zac’s voice is both deeply pastoral and sharply prophetic—marked by wisdom, honesty, and a disarming invitation to live truthfully before God and others. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/practices-of-neighbor-love monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/21b221c3-020b-4d2d-bca3-6af07d2df5bb/3ebc7b53-b4fc-445f-b909-de4031d368ea.__CR0%2C0%2C970%2C600_PT0_SX970_V1___.png Meetings - The Practices of Neighbor Love, with Amar Peterman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1772610158877-DPEH0JDJBRKE72QU4BAN/6857614e37aca79241b9d59a_IF5_6-KF-72+copy+Large.jpeg Meetings - The Practices of Neighbor Love, with Amar Peterman - Amar Peterman Amar (अमर) D. Peterman is an Indian American scholar working at the intersection of faith and public life. He is an author, sought-after speaker, and consultant for some of the leading faith-based organizations and institutions in the United States. His first book, Becoming Neighbors: The Common Good Made Local releases next Spring with Eerdmans Publishing Company. In all his writing, research, and scholarship, Amar seeks to equip the Christian church to engage faithfully, critically, and constructively in the complex issues of our religious and civic life today through beautiful and compelling theology that emphasizes the nuanced lived reality of Christians and is modeled after the concrete person of Jesus Christ. Amar was adopted from northern India and raised in the cornfields of Northeast Wisconsin. He moved to downtown Chicago to attend Moody Bible Institute where he earned a degree in Theology. At MBI, Amar served as President of the Student Theological Society and Teaching Assistant to Dr. Ashish Varma. After MBI, Amar moved to the East Coast, where he earned a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. Amar's program concentrated on public theology and American religious history under renowned historian, Heath W. Carter. There, he served as a Research and Teaching Assistant to Drs. Carter and Raimundo César Barreto, Vice-President of the seminary’s Asian Association, and Editor of Lived Theology in Asian America, a publication of the Center for Asian American Christianity. Amar is currently a PhD student at the University of Chicago, working at the Divinity School there in the Theology Area. His current project examines the use of Christian doctrine through a pragmatist lens that is informed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Rorty, Robert Brandom, and Kevin W. Hector. Before founding Scholarship for Religion and Society, LLC, Amar served as Assistant Director at Neighborly Faith and then Director of the Center for Empathy in Christian and Public Life at the Ideos Institute. He also was a Columnist at Sojourners Magazine from 2021-2023. Today, Amar continues to write regularly to both online magazines like Sojourners and the Christian Century, as well as essay collections including Theology and the Office (Lexington Books), Emerging, Awake, and Connected (SCM Press). Amar is the Civic Strategies Speicalist at Interfaith America (formerly Interfaith Youth Core), the largest multifaith NGO in the United State. In this role, he oversees Interfaith America's Good Neighbors Project. Following in the vision of the organization, in this role Amar works to inspire, equip, and connect leaders and institutions to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. Amar and his wife Emīlija currently reside in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with their dog, Penny. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/faith-under-pressure monthly 0.5 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/27844229-7242-4b3b-bcfd-b111f5be6959/Faith+Under+Pressure-+Certainty%2C+Fear%2C+and+the+Making+of+Enemies.jpg Meetings - Faith Under Pressure: Certainty, Fear, and the Making of Enemies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/68c52362-4715-4796-830a-e757fd5ad2af/Bryan+Carey.jpg Meetings - Faith Under Pressure: Certainty, Fear, and the Making of Enemies - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Peacebuilding at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/decolonizing-forgiveness monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1764948419752-TRX9Z5YDNA9ZSH0D073L/1.1%2B-%2BKintsugi.jpg Meetings - Decolonizing Forgiveness: Toward Healing, Liberation, and Reclaiming Agency - Make it stand out Daniel Munayer’s great uncle Jack who was held by the Zionist militias after the Nakba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1694458491940-5HO1LWAORODCI0I69IDS/Mirela%2B2-2.JPG Meetings - Decolonizing Forgiveness: Toward Healing, Liberation, and Reclaiming Agency - Mirela Popaja-Hadžić Born in Sarajevo in the 1980’s, Mirela had a front row seat to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the siege of Sarajevo. In her twenties, Mirela realized that the war impacted her more deeply than she had previously acknowledged, and this realization launched her into an introspective journey to grapple with and heal from her own trauma. This individual healing process clarified her sense of personal calling and mission: to work for individual and collective healing through mental health and peacebuilding work. She has over 10 years of experience working in both for-profit and non-profit sectors in project coordination, program management, training, facilitation, and translation. She is a Gestalt Psychotherapist under supervision and practicing trauma therapist so that she might address unengaged trauma manifesting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as depression, anxiety, and addictions. She is currently a Peace Catalyst International team member and an affiliate trainer with Trauma Free World. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/disarming-christian-identity monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1762866689917-PG4GX7LALZ76WW6TLKHF/disarming+Christian+identity.jpg Meetings - Disarming Christian Identity: From Bounded Belonging to God’s Expansive Shalom - Make it stand out Daniel Munayer’s great uncle Jack who was held by the Zionist militias after the Nakba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/68c52362-4715-4796-830a-e757fd5ad2af/Bryan+Carey.jpg Meetings - Disarming Christian Identity: From Bounded Belonging to God’s Expansive Shalom - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Peacebuilding at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/prayer-and-peacebuilding monthly 0.5 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/710326ae-25df-42d1-9ad2-da1260879eb9/633711b386ce5_soupri940.jpg Meetings - Prayer & Peacebuilding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1741594138236-RF9PE7YUSKU3CF0V2D9N/WhatsApp+Image+2025-02-07+at+21.22.26.jpeg Meetings - Prayer & Peacebuilding - Anneke Rabe Anneke Rabe lives with her husband, Ralph, on a timber farm near Mkhondo (Piet Retief) in Mpumalanga, South Africa. A former teacher, Anneke was the first white educator at a Black school during apartheid, an experience that opened her eyes to South Africa’s deep injustices and shaped her lifelong commitment to reconciliation and healing. For over 26 years, she has been engaged in prayer and reconciliation efforts across South Africa and beyond. Anneke is the founder of Victorious Women in Christ, a nonprofit dedicated to equipping and discipling rural girls and women to reach their God-given potential. She also helped establish Asibambisane Impact Platform, a social enterprise fostering community-led development and transformation. She currently serves with SACLI Reconcile (South African Christian Leadership Initiative), helping churches journey from racism to reconciliation. She is also the director of In Harmonie NPC, a nonprofit retreat center focused on rest, restoration, and reconciliation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/a904076d-50e8-4085-a4fa-1331a428b943/team-prn-phil-wagner.jpg Meetings - Prayer & Peacebuilding - Phil Wagler Phil Wagler joined works as the Global Director of the Peace and Reconciliation Network (PRN), a commission of the World Evangelical Alliance. Phil first joined PRN as the North American regional coordinator in 2019 and became PRN Global Director in 2022. Phil grew up in Ontario, Canada and by God's grace became a follower of Jesus in his late teens. His theological, leadership and mission studies and life experiences have equipped him for the pastoral, mission agency, and college ministry assignments God has called him to. He is deeply committed to inspiring and equipping the local church for holistic mission and the ministry of reconciliation and is author of numerous publications. Phil and his family live in British Columbia, Canada. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/collaborative-conversations-may-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/4f071c1c-0ac3-45e9-914a-005f99225b62/CPN+-+Collaborative+Conversations.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1728560587049-QH2V98GSTR6HZC5PLSDN/IMG_3050.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Partnerships at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/asset-based-community-development monthly 0.5 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/6c69344a-3b86-4d0c-bdf5-bb5571d97bda/Screenshot+2025-01-26+at+12.00.44%E2%80%AFPM.png Meetings - Peacebuilding & Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1737910167356-5XO6HORAEPEVSTQF7H52/Screenshot+2025-01-26+at+11.49.01%E2%80%AFAM.png Meetings - Peacebuilding & Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) - Jamie Munday Executive Director | Five & Two Network Jamie is a graduate of Regent College (MA Theology) and the University of Wales where he completed his Masters in Social Development Policy and Management. He has lived and worked around the World serving in various development capacities. His passion is to see the poor move from passive beneficiaries to active agents of change in their own lives and communities. He and his wife Leah live in North Vancouver with their three children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/bdd9bd64-5ecf-4182-9609-35e2eacd7172/Saji-Oommen-cropped.jpg Meetings - Peacebuilding & Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) - Saji Oommen Director for Global Engagement | Five & Two Network Saji's roots come from Kerala, India and he was born in Dallas, grew up in California and attended college at Biola University. He moved to Philadelphia to do his MBA at Eastern University. He then worked in inner-city Philly for three years, during which time, he met his wife Bindu. They relocated to California in 1997 to work with Southeast Asian refugees. They were called to New Delhi, India with MB Mission (now Multiply) in 2005 where they worked with street kids and church planting. In 2010, Multiply invited them to Turkey where they worked with Syrian refugees and started Building Leaders 4 Peace (bl4p.com). Saji then worked as the executive director of Kidstown International where he worked with orphans and vulnerable children in India, Nepal and Romania. He now serves as the Director for Global Engagement with Five & Two Network. He is living in Lynden, WA with Bindu and they have four wonderful children Isaiah, Karis, Alexander, and JZ, and a crazy golden retriever named Cleo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/acbb34c5-f6d0-47be-91ab-dded5297a372/Kendraheadshot.jpeg Meetings - Peacebuilding & Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) - Kendra DeMicco-Lovins Network Catalyst | Five & Two Network Kendra is passionate about peacemaking & reconciliation, and has spent the last 8 years working in this field in the Middle East, South America, and North America. Her work focused on facilitating Peace Camps and coming alongside young leaders to support, equip, and build capacity to make holistic change in their local communities. She has her Master's degree in Secondary Education from the University of Delaware, and an undergraduate degree in Literature and Theatre form Eastern University. She is delighted to join the Five & Two team to work in the convergent space between Peacemaking and Reconciliation and Community Centered Development. She lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband and two children. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/navigating-upheaval monthly 0.5 2025-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1738869943281-01OI6LPZME9EF5YQA9LQ/05kristof-superJumbo.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations: Navigating Upheaval as Christian Peacebuilders in a Shifting Global Landscape - Make it stand out Olivier Jobard/MYOP, via Redux, from Nicholas Kristof’s article, “The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children,” NYT, Feb. 5, 2025, https://bit.ly/3EB0Ksd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1728560587049-QH2V98GSTR6HZC5PLSDN/IMG_3050.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations: Navigating Upheaval as Christian Peacebuilders in a Shifting Global Landscape - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Partnerships at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/blessed-are-the-others monthly 0.5 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/389c6080-c4d7-49a4-8f4a-03103976ada2/BATO-Cover-768x791.jpg Meetings - “Blessed Are the Others” with Andrew DeCort - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1729160099989-F07MSXZ95USEGA7J700Q/andrew-decort-vt.jpg Meetings - “Blessed Are the Others” with Andrew DeCort - Andrew DeCort Andrew DeCort has been called a dissident theologian by his friends. His work is deeply inspired by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, his writing by James Baldwin, his spirituality by Etty Hillesum. Andrew received his PhD in religious and political ethics from the University of Chicago. In 2016, he founded the Institute for Faith and Flourishing in Chicago. In 2019, he co-founded the Neighbor-Love Movement in Ethiopia. IFF and NLM have reached over twenty million people with the invitation to nonviolent spirituality. Andrew has taught ethics, public theology, peace and conflict studies, and Ethiopian studies at Wheaton College, the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, and the University of Bonn. Andrew is the author of Flourishing on the Edge of Faith: Seven Practices for a New We (BitterSweet Collective) and Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning: Ethics after Devastation (Fortress Academic). His words have appeared in Foreign Policy, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the BBC, The Atlantic, The Economist, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, Sojourners, The Other Journal, Wheaton College Magazine, The Journal of Religion, Political Theology, All Africa, BitterSweet Monthly, and numerous other platforms. Andrew writes the newsletter Stop & Think at andrew-decort.com. He lives in Chicago with his wife Lily, a gentle spirit and luminous painter. Follow Andrew on Facebook and email him at andrew.d.decort@gmail.com. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/collaborative-conversations-jan-2025 monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/4f071c1c-0ac3-45e9-914a-005f99225b62/CPN+-+Collaborative+Conversations.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1728560587049-QH2V98GSTR6HZC5PLSDN/IMG_3050.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Partnerships at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/collaborative-conversations-nov-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/4f071c1c-0ac3-45e9-914a-005f99225b62/CPN+-+Collaborative+Conversations.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1728560587049-QH2V98GSTR6HZC5PLSDN/IMG_3050.jpg Meetings - CPN Collaborative Conversations - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Partnerships at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/reclaiming-identity monthly 0.5 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/860291fa-4f32-4fe3-b912-3032d7eba3f9/Reclaiming+Identity.jpg Meetings - Reclaiming Identity As Part of Peacebuilding Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1726861234699-IDVY08A8RDGOX46QP7FV/16ae95949cc0840c8e16725b3da73f25.jpg Meetings - Reclaiming Identity As Part of Peacebuilding Work - Jonny Clark Jonny Clark is Corrymeela’s Public Theology Programme Manager. He is a facilitator and mediator working in political and inter-faith contexts. He has been working for faith-based organisations for decades, directing their work and establishing a successful residential centre. In addition, he has produced over 40 podcasts and a documentary by the same name: Guardians of the Flame. Jonny has devoted significant energy to the development of peacebuilding organisations around the world in post-conflict societies. His involvement in peacebuilding work continues to this day. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/trauma-faith-peacebuilding monthly 0.5 2024-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/120abe4e-a23e-413b-ad7f-ed51fc8b7304/Kintsugi-pottery.jpg Meetings - Trauma-Informed Approaches to Faith & Peacebuilding - Make it stand out Image from Encyclopedia Britannica, “Kintsugi” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1694458491940-5HO1LWAORODCI0I69IDS/Mirela%2B2-2.JPG Meetings - Trauma-Informed Approaches to Faith & Peacebuilding - Mirela Popaja-Hadžić Born in Sarajevo in the 1980’s, Mirela had a front row seat to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the siege of Sarajevo. In her twenties, Mirela realized that the war impacted her more deeply than she had previously acknowledged, and this realization launched her into an introspective journey to grapple with and heal from her own trauma. This individual healing process clarified her sense of personal calling and mission: to work for individual and collective healing through mental health and peacebuilding work. She has over 10 years of experience working in both for-profit and non-profit sectors in project coordination, program management, training, facilitation, and translation. She is currently specializing in Gestalt Psychotherapy to become a trauma therapist to more effectively address the unengaged trauma manifesting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as depression, anxiety, and addictions. She is also an affiliate trainer with Trauma Free World and holds a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Sarajevo. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/church-as-peacebuilder monthly 0.5 2024-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/341d56e8-4b43-422c-9207-f0b7f575987c/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.750.422.jpeg Meetings - The Church as Peacebuilder: Engagement or Exasperation? - Make it stand out A Church struck by the violence of conflict in Ukraine - from Vatican News, “Pope Francis' words against religious justification for war” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/a904076d-50e8-4085-a4fa-1331a428b943/team-prn-phil-wagner.jpg Meetings - The Church as Peacebuilder: Engagement or Exasperation? - Phil Wagler Phil Wagler joined works as the Global Director of the Peace and Reconciliation Network (PRN), a commission of the World Evangelical Alliance. Phil first joined PRN as the North American regional coordinator in 2019 and became PRN Global Director in 2022. Phil grew up in Ontario, Canada and by God's grace became a follower of Jesus in his late teens. His theological, leadership and mission studies and life experiences have equipped him for the pastoral, mission agency, and college ministry assignments God has called him to. He is deeply committed to inspiring and equipping the local church for holistic mission and the ministry of reconciliation and is author of numerous publications. Phil and his family live in British Columbia, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1722443011000-RXTWDAJP65LOI0VCBGEW/Kiran+Peter.jpg Meetings - The Church as Peacebuilder: Engagement or Exasperation? - Kiran Peter Kiran Peter is Executive Director of Weaving People to Grow Foundation (WPTG) based in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Kiran is a wife and mother and through WPTG works to promote peaceful coexistence among diverse communities and end injustice and poverty through socio-economic humanitarian development and advocacy. She is a member of the Peace and Reconciliation Network (PRN) Asia team. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/theopoetics-peacebuilding monthly 0.5 2024-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1719579108221-5XDXI8NUSME2IXYECQFJ/IMG_6714.JPG Meetings - Imagination, Theopoetics, and Peacebuilding, with David Katibah - Make it stand out Artwork from “Prophets of a Future Not Our Own,” Canisius University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/6301304a-95f0-4203-8a6c-8c2be749ed53/DKat-headshot.jpg Meetings - Imagination, Theopoetics, and Peacebuilding, with David Katibah - David Katibah David works for the Telos Group as the Director of Communications and Christian Engagement, Washington, DC. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received degrees in Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy, graduating with highest distinction from the Honors College and receiving the James M. Johnston Distinguished Senior Award. Prior to joining Telos, he spent time living and working in East Asia and completed the Falls Church Fellows program in 2019-2020. David is passionate about supporting transitional justice and conflict transformation in the Middle East as an American of Syrian descent. He also believes in the transformative power of Christian communities claiming their call to be peacemakers in the US and beyond. His voice can be heard hosting the Telos Check-in podcast and his writing can be read on his substack, “Awakenings.” https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/peacebuilding-from-margins monthly 0.5 2024-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1717410715195-WYEMS2WEX7YWJ5TLCACL/jesus.jpg Meetings - The Power of Peacebuilding from the Margins - Make it stand out A 2023 nativity scene shows baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh and placed in a pile of rubble in the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, the West Bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1717411526886-XVE7JVERA3XP1XHF15SM/140449.jpg Meetings - The Power of Peacebuilding from the Margins - Saleem Anfous Saleem Anfous, husband and father of three beautiful girls, is a tour guide in Bethlehem and Project Manager for the Muslim/Christian Young Adults program at Musalaha. Saleem originates from Aboud, the heart of Palestine’s finest olive oil, and has called Bethlehem home for over 25 years. Inspired by the lack of initiatives bridging Muslim and Christian communities in Palestine, Saleem is excited to work alongside the young adults of Bethlehem. His deep connection to both his Palestinian and Christian identities fuels his commitment to breaking down internal walls and managing the external challenges of living under the Israeli military occupation. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/christian-theological-obstacles monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/312e17f1-b58d-4e4f-b039-aca0caefd724/080821_Lisa_Sharon_Harper_DM_08-1024x675.jpg Meetings - Christian Theological Obstacles to Peacebuilding - Make it stand out Lisa Sharon Harper, founder and president of Freedom Road, preaches Sunday in the Amphitheater. Image from The Chautauqua Daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1712061397699-FC3A1IVQECRTBYM7WP3Q/1679829564598.jpeg Meetings - Christian Theological Obstacles to Peacebuilding - Lisa Sharon Harper Lisa Sharon Harper is the founder and president of Freedom Road, a groundbreaking consulting group that crafts experiences that bring common understanding and common commitments that lead to common action toward a more just world. Lisa is a public theologian whose writing, speaking, activism and training has sparked and fed the fires of re-formation in the church from Ferguson and Charlottesville to South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Ireland. Lisa’s book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World--And How To Repair It All was named one of the “Best Books of 2022” and The Very Good Gospel was named 2016 “Book of the Year” by Englewood Review of Books. The Huffington Post identified Lisa as one of 50 Women Religious Leaders to Celebrate on International Women’s Day. Lisa is host of the Freedom Road Podcast, cohost of The FOUR Podcast and author of her weekly column on Substack, “The Truth Is...”. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/cultivating-solidarity monthly 0.5 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/0e047d66-f8d7-4eab-bb70-fa54426d4c00/3888ad_95ad73e4c86742809ffd2d8ff5f5fbab%7Emv2.jpg Meetings - Cultivating Solidarity at the Site of Struggle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1712084230198-XXKWU27E6JGMS4HRT44F/MZWANDILE+NKUTHA.jpg Meetings - Cultivating Solidarity at the Site of Struggle - Mzwandile Nkutha Director of Iziko Lamaqabane Decolonial Epistemology & Black Methodologies Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1712084242091-PW9ZUFTSBP48ZAKUFNJ1/STEVE+SCHALLERT.jpg Meetings - Cultivating Solidarity at the Site of Struggle - Steve Schallert Director of International Solidarity, Iziko Lamaqabane Global Pilgrimage Coordinator & Communications Manager https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/monastic-practice-journey-towards-integration monthly 0.5 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/08292e04-5ccc-474f-b417-e53e72b17d43/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-08-at-4.57.34-PM.jpeg Meetings - Monastic Practice & The Journey Towards Integration - Make it stand out Picture from The Ecoversities Alliance, “Ancient Pedagogy for Modern Times: Learning through Monastic Practice” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1751362357736-24KF7RTEVKV67XP65EAB/Bro.+Thierry.jpg Meetings - Monastic Practice & The Journey Towards Integration - Brother Thierry Marteaux Bro. Thierry Marteaux was born in Paris in 1965. After studying French literature at university, he became a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy in 1988. With his brothers, he arrived in Northern Ireland in 1998 to establish a new Monastery in Rostrevor. The community lives the mission of spiritual ecumenism, rooted in prayer, conversion of heart, and charity. In the community, Bro. Thierry is guestmaster and librarian. He likes books and enjoys reading. Because of his Mediterranean roots, his main problem in Northern Ireland is the gentle rain which makes the scenery so green! https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/conflict-as-holy-ground monthly 0.5 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1949c02e-43e2-429b-8f26-0eecaa69aa3d/moses-and-the-burning-bush-james-edwin-mcconnell.jpg Meetings - Conflict as Holy Ground: From Comfort to Courageous Discipleship - Make it stand out Daniel Munayer’s great uncle Jack who was held by the Zionist militias after the Nakba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/68c52362-4715-4796-830a-e757fd5ad2af/Bryan+Carey.jpg Meetings - Conflict as Holy Ground: From Comfort to Courageous Discipleship - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Peacebuilding at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/peace-paradigm monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/f5401e36-df5e-42b0-971a-cfebbfa4e392/peace-paradigm.jpg Meetings - A Peace Paradigm: From Christianity to God’s Reign of Shalom - Make it stand out Daniel Munayer’s great uncle Jack who was held by the Zionist militias after the Nakba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/68c52362-4715-4796-830a-e757fd5ad2af/Bryan+Carey.jpg Meetings - A Peace Paradigm: From Christianity to God’s Reign of Shalom - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant, conflict transformation trainer, and Director of International Peacebuilding at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts training, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/youth-peacebuilding monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/c407546a-8f61-481c-be4b-8af00edcfbc3/429772654_769970715056174_250859102237501071_n.jpg Meetings - Youth Peacebuilding & Generational Divisions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/bc94da76-90d5-4e77-be35-2cd3a8858488/Scott+Sotomayor.jpg Meetings - Youth Peacebuilding & Generational Divisions - Scott Sotomayor Scott is originally from the USA and has lived and worked with YWAM An Cuan in Northern Ireland for the last 10 years. For the last 13 years YWAM An Cuan has been a reconciliation-centred missional community engaging with both local and international peacebuilding. In 2021, Scott along with his wife Yasmine accepted the role of Director at YWAM An Cuan. In July 2022 they welcomed their first child, Mateo. He is now juggling leading an international, intergenerational and interdenominational missions community towards a more holistic vision of missions, cooking his family dinners and being the best father he can be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/f46c6cb4-cbba-4316-a2ef-96081c60fef7/Kendraheadshot.jpg Meetings - Youth Peacebuilding & Generational Divisions - Kendra DeMicco-Lovins Kendra is passionate about peacemaking & reconciliation, and has spent the last 6 years working in this field in the Middle East, South America, and North America. Her work focused on facilitating Peace Camps and coming alongside young leaders to support, equip, and build capacity to make holistic change in their local communities. She has her Master's degree in Secondary Education from the University of Delaware, and an undergraduate degree in Literature and Theatre form Eastern University. She works for the Five & Two Network in the convergent space between Peacemaking and Reconciliation and Community Centered Development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/acdbf0aa-e8c7-4b16-8af6-b7e4184c59e8/Bob+Mayonza.jpeg Meetings - Youth Peacebuilding & Generational Divisions - Bob Mayonza Bob is the National Director and senior facilitator for the Uganda office of the Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation Uganda (PCR). PCR’s mission is to bring hope and healing by renewing individuals, restoring relationships, and revitalizing communities through the work of reconciliation. Beyond Uganda’s borders, Bob is also the lead coordinator for PCR’s South Sudan office and his work takes him to Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, and Congo, focusing on peacebuilding training, menstrual health, community development, and youth empowerment. Prior to joining PCR Bob worked for over 13 years with World Outreach Ministry Foundation as communication liaison and media & communication officer for Uganda Christian Outreach Ministries. He earned a B.A. Honor’s Degree and his Master’s in Operations Management. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/peacebuilding-faith-maturation monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/ec5e0656-3e4c-4b8e-a4c2-0d7b14ae90c6/Peacebuilding+%26+Deconstruction.png Meetings - Peacebuilding, Deconstruction, & Faith Maturation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1701773902010-QKKYWMIY9RV3S6DCGSH1/Keith+Giles.jpg Meetings - Peacebuilding, Deconstruction, & Faith Maturation - Keith Giles Keith Giles is a former pastor who left the pulpit to follow Jesus and start a house church where no one takes a salary and 100 percent of all offerings are given to help the poor in the community. He has been a published writer since 1989. He is the author of several books, including: "Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from the Bible" and "Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics To Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb." Keith is the co-host of the Heretic Happy Hour Podcast which has featured interviews with Bart Ehrman, John Fugelsang, Richard Rohr, Brad Jersak, Greg Boyd, and many others. Keith also teaches several online courses including "Square 1: From Deconstruction to Reconstruction" and other courses based on his many books. You can follow him online and find out more about his books at http://www.KeithGiles.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/68c52362-4715-4796-830a-e757fd5ad2af/Bryan+Carey.jpg Meetings - Peacebuilding, Deconstruction, & Faith Maturation - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant and Director of International Partnerships at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts trainings, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. He regularly organizes learning experiences for international and regional Balkan participants that cultivate understanding and empathy for the narratives of other groups, ultimately with the aim to deepen relational connections that allow for collaborative work. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/theories-of-change monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/9a633734-4def-4488-b98e-b8aeaf672b3b/CPN+-+Theories+of+Change+full+size.jpg Meetings - Theories of Change - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1704550708386-OUMOFOFGBVAQYOPEG2U2/Stephanie.jpg Meetings - Theories of Change - Stephanie Carey Stephanie is Peace Catalyst's Grants Manager and leads the organization's monitoring and evaluation processes. Locally, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she works with the local organization Udruženje Nit organizing educational opportunities and supporting the work of local peacebuilders. She also contributes to grant-dependent monitoring and evaluation needs for various peace projects in BiH. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/6301304a-95f0-4203-8a6c-8c2be749ed53/DKat-headshot.jpg Meetings - Theories of Change - David Katibah David works for the Telos Group as the Director of Communications and Christian Engagement, Washington, DC. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received degrees in Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy, graduating with highest distinction from the Honors College and receiving the James M. Johnston Distinguished Senior Award. Prior to joining Telos, he spent time living and working in East Asia and completed the Falls Church Fellows program in 2019-2020. David is passionate about supporting transitional justice and conflict transformation in the Middle East as an American of Syrian descent. He also believes in the transformative power of Christian communities claiming their call to be peacemakers in the US and beyond. His voice can be heard hosting the Telos Check-in podcast and his writing can be read on his substack, “Awakenings.” https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/decolonizing-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1701370168268-YW5P22LWK9CG3UIKTBVN/IMG_3282.JPG Meetings - Decolonizing Faith & Peace Work - Make it stand out "Pantocrator in Black and Brown" by Brian Behm, being held, was awarded best in show for the DeColonizing Christ exhibit at St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1701368315337-EOACW0E3EEOVBDCG4X1W/1411a224-848c-47ea-be82-519ec85d0414.JPG Meetings - Decolonizing Faith & Peace Work - Philip Kakungulu Philip aka Philipstargate lives in Kampala, Uganda with his family. He is a seminary graduate in Christian Ministry and Theology, having majored in Faith Based Training in Conflict Transformation for Trainers. He is also a founding member of the African Peace Warriors Network, formally known as the Pan African Peace Network. He lives with the conviction that God’s peacebuilding mission forms the basic essence of Christianity and that we participate in the Kingdom of God as we pursue peace: peace with God, self, neighbors, and the world. This all-encompassing peace is the core of what Christians are called to work for in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1701370550626-JC4TKYRQIOG74Q1JAOMF/74dab7bc-a662-4733-a9a0-092f770a1f49.JPG Meetings - Decolonizing Faith & Peace Work - Jebaraj S C Jebaraj pastors Faith Church of God, a nondenominational church in Chennai, India, where he lives with his beautiful wife Nancy and their two daughters. He received his M.Div from Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI) Chennai and was ordained by the Indian National Evangelical Churches in the year 2000. In addition to pastoring, he worked with the Inter-Collegiate Prayer Fellowship (ICPF) in the Tamilnadu State of India from 2001 to 2011 while also studying to obtain his MA and M.Phil in Christian Studies. Over the last two decades, Jebaraj’s faith has shifted significantly, and he now believes the focus for Christians should be peacebuilding in the midst of all the religious divisions and conflicts around us. Christian priorities to proselytize and convert their neighbors contribute significantly to interpersonal and intergroup hostilities and even political “othering” of Christians on the communal and national level. Instead, Christians must learn to build peace in order to live as blessings for their neighbors and communities. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/event-one-srews-fwcl2-djx2y monthly 0.5 2023-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/6301304a-95f0-4203-8a6c-8c2be749ed53/DKat-headshot.jpg Meetings - Christian Involvement in Peacebuilding: Challenges & Opportunities - David Katibah David works for the Telos Group as the Director of Communications and Christian Engagement, Washington, DC. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received degrees in Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy, graduating with highest distinction from the Honors College and receiving the James M. Johnston Distinguished Senior Award. Prior to joining Telos, he spent time living and working in East Asia and completed the Falls Church Fellows program in 2019-2020. David is passionate about supporting transitional justice and conflict transformation in the Middle East as an American of Syrian descent. He also believes in the transformative power of Christian communities claiming their call to be peacemakers in the US and beyond. His voice can be heard hosting the Telos Check-in podcast and his writing can be read on his substack, “Awakenings.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/acdbf0aa-e8c7-4b16-8af6-b7e4184c59e8/Bob+Mayonza.jpeg Meetings - Christian Involvement in Peacebuilding: Challenges & Opportunities - Bob Mayonza Bob is the National Director and senior facilitator for the Uganda office of the Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation Uganda (PCR). PCR’s mission is to bring hope and healing by renewing individuals, restoring relationships, and revitalizing communities through the work of reconciliation. Beyond Uganda’s borders, Bob is also the lead coordinator for PCR’s South Sudan office and his work takes him to Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, and Congo, focusing on peacebuilding training, menstrual health, community development, and youth empowerment. Prior to joining PCR Bob worked for over 13 years with World Outreach Ministry Foundation as communication liaison and media & communication officer for Uganda Christian Outreach Ministries. He earned a B.A. Honor’s Degree and his Master’s in Operations Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1701368315337-EOACW0E3EEOVBDCG4X1W/1411a224-848c-47ea-be82-519ec85d0414.JPG Meetings - Christian Involvement in Peacebuilding: Challenges & Opportunities - Philip Kakungulu Philip aka Philipstargate lives in Kampala, Uganda with his family. He is a seminary graduate in Christian Ministry and Theology, having majored in Faith Based Training in Conflict Transformation for Trainers. He is also a founding member of the African Peace Warriors Network, formally known as the Pan African Peace Network. He lives with the conviction that God’s peacebuilding mission forms the basic essence of Christianity and that we participate in the Kingdom of God as we pursue peace: peace with God, self, neighbors, and the world. This all-encompassing peace is the core of what Christians are called to work for in the world. https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/event-one-srews-fwcl2 monthly 0.5 2023-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/3084c304-988b-4fc9-83c9-4a4bf6032730/Daniel+Munayer.jpg Meetings - Big Picture of Peacebuilding - Daniel Munayer Daniel is the Executive Director of Musalaha, an organization that teaches, facilitates and trains reconciliation mainly between Israelis and Palestinians from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Daniel is both Palestinian and British with an Israeli passport. Prior to Daniel's work with Musalaha, Daniel co-founded Lighthouse Relief as a response to the influx of refugees in Greece. He later worked with the Danish Refugee Council and Nonviolent Peaceforce in Greece and Iraq. Daniel holds an MBA with Distinction from Durham University Business School, UK. In addition, he graduated with honors from the highly selective 3-year Global Scholars Program at American University in Washington D.C., focusing on International Relations and Religious Studies. Daniel is the only Palestinian ever to be invited to personally address the UN Security Council in New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1694458491940-5HO1LWAORODCI0I69IDS/Mirela%2B2-2.JPG Meetings - Big Picture of Peacebuilding - Mirela Popaja-Hadžić Born in Sarajevo in the 1980’s, Mirela had a front row seat to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the siege of Sarajevo. In her twenties, Mirela realized that the war impacted her more deeply than she had previously acknowledged, and this realization launched her into an introspective journey to grapple with and heal from her own trauma. This individual healing process clarified her sense of personal calling and mission: to work for individual and collective healing through mental health and peacebuilding work. She has over 10 years of experience working in both for-profit and non-profit sectors in project coordination, program management, training, facilitation, and translation. She is currently specializing in Gestalt Psychotherapy to become a trauma therapist to more effectively address the unengaged trauma manifesting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as depression, anxiety, and addictions. She is also an affiliate trainer with Trauma Free World and holds a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Sarajevo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/bdd9bd64-5ecf-4182-9609-35e2eacd7172/Saji-Oommen-cropped.jpg Meetings - Big Picture of Peacebuilding - Saji Oommen Saji was born in Dallas, grew up in California and moved to Philadelphia to complete his MBA at Eastern University. In 2010, Saji and his family moved to Turkey and began working on a reconciliation process between Armenians and Turks which has become the Armenian Turkish Peace Initiative. Along with Kendra, he led a peace camp in 2016 with Syrian and Turkish Muslims and Western Christians to discuss peace and specifically focus on forgiveness and reconciliation. That first peace camp led to invitations to lead camps in Northern Iraq and Colombia. In addition to his current work as the executive director of Kidstown International, he is also on the leadership team of The Peacemakers Collective. As part of his peacebuilding work, Saji helps lead the Multicultural Peace Collaboration (MPC), a joint effort of MCC U.S., West Coast MCC and Fresno Pacific University’s Center for Anabaptist Studies, which engages young people through experiential learning in communities and unfamiliar spaces to grow their understanding of and commitment to peacebuilding. Saji is married to Bindu and they have four children and a golden retriever named Cleo! https://www.christianpeacebuildingnetwork.org/meetings/event-one-srews monthly 0.5 2023-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/619943d1-f88a-4891-96e6-146f7b0317d8/Scott+Sotomayor.jpg Meetings - Peacebuilding & The Kingdom of God - Scott Sotomayor Scott is originally from the USA and has lived and worked with YWAM An Cuan in Northern Ireland for the last 10 years. For the last 13 years YWAM An Cuan has been a reconciliation-centred missional community engaging with both local and international peacebuilding. In 2021, Scott along with his wife Yasmine accepted the role of Director at YWAM An Cuan. In July 2022 they welcomed their first child, Mateo. He is now juggling leading an international, intergenerational and interdenominational missions community towards a more holistic vision of missions, cooking his family dinners and being the best father he can be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/1693920466680-SB56TXEROXFHH3QQUNZH/Philip+Kakungulu.jpeg Meetings - Peacebuilding & The Kingdom of God - Philip Kakungulu Philip Kakungulu a.k.a Stargate, is a Baptist pastor lives in Kampala, Uganda. He is married and blessed with two sons. Philip calls himself a student of life and a peace missionary facilitating peace-building through conflict transformation training. He is the Team Leader and Founder of Crossing Lines Africa, a faith-based organization with representation in the Pan African Peace Network. Crossing lines Africa has proudly partnered with International Ministries of the American Baptist Churches, the Alliance of Baptists, and the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America in various peacemaking initiatives. Philip was one of the founders of the Pan African Peace Network (PAPNET). Philip believes in non-violence and specializes in getting to work in areas where no one else will go. He works among sexual and ethnic minority groups, sex workers, victims of human trafficking and refugees in Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, D.R.Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. He co-facilitated the Kenya 2018 TCTT. Philip is a seminary graduate from Moody Adams Bible Institute and is continuing studies at Uganda Baptist Seminary. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Relations and Conflict Management of Fairland University Uganda, and Diploma in Christian Counseling and Family Therapy of Australian Institute of Family Counseling, among other professional studies in Conflict Transformation and Trauma Awareness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/a904076d-50e8-4085-a4fa-1331a428b943/team-prn-phil-wagner.jpg Meetings - Peacebuilding & The Kingdom of God - Phil Wagler Phil Wagler joined works as the Global Director of the Peace and Reconciliation Network (PRN), a commission of the World Evangelical Alliance. Phil first joined PRN as the North American regional coordinator in 2019 and became PRN Global Director in 2022. Phil grew up in Ontario, Canada and by God's grace became a follower of Jesus in his late teens. His theological, leadership and mission studies and life experiences have equipped him for the pastoral, mission agency, and college ministry assignments God has called him to. He is deeply committed to inspiring and equipping the local church for holistic mission and the ministry of reconciliation and is author of numerous publications. Phil and his family live in British Columbia, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64b06dc881850e52d1333f08/68c52362-4715-4796-830a-e757fd5ad2af/Bryan+Carey.jpg Meetings - Peacebuilding & The Kingdom of God - Bryan Carey Bryan is a peacebuilding consultant and Director of International Partnerships at Peace Catalyst International. Bryan and his family have lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina since 2017, where they have been learning alongside and supporting the work of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox peacebuilders. Bryan also hosts workshops, conducts trainings, and teaches about peace-oriented theology, peacebuilding practices, and how Christian groups can get involved in community peacebuilding. 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